The Jerusalem Post reports: “A new US naval destroyer entered the Middle East, a US official told Reuters on Thursday, as Iranian officials prepare for military confrontation with the US.

The USS Delbert D. Black entered the region sometime in the past 48 hours, bringing the number of destroyers in the Middle East to six, along with an aircraft carrier and three other littoral combat ships.

The IRGC received a batch of 1,000 new drones while Iran prepares for a military confrontation, as Tehran believes that coming to an agreement that meets demands put forth by the US would be more costly than war, informed sources in Tehran told the Hezbollah-aligned Al-Akhbar on Thursday.

Separately on Thursday, the semi-official Iranian Tasnim News Agency reported that a batch of 1,000 drones was received by the various branches of the Iranian army. ‘In accordance with the threats ahead, the army maintains and enhances its strategic advantages for rapid combat and imposing a crushing response against any aggressor,’ the army’s Commander-in-Chief Amir Hatami said…”